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Sunwin International Neutraceuticals Inc., Domino Foods Inc. and WILD Flavors GmbH have entered into an collaboration agreement to support the food and beverage industry by offering all-natural sweeteners made from all-natural products such as cane sugar, rice, malt and stevia.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved an application to increase the maximum permitted levels of a high-intensity sweetener and an application to use a genetically modified soybean in food and notified the approvals to the Ministerial Council.

A group of sugar farmers and refiners are suing corn processors for their attempt to rebrand high-fructose corn syrup as "corn sugar."

Senomyx Inc. has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,928,111 covering foods and beverages containing S2383, an enhancer of the sweetener sucralose.

Diet soda and other artificially sweetened drinks, previously implicated in the chance of developing diabetes, are not guilty, according to a study by researchers at Harvard University.

Breakfast begins to bounce back. with cereal tallies for new cereal products at an all-time high.

Innovative ingredients, flavors and applications drive the category to an upturn, as functional attributes prove key.

A series of artificial sweeteners could be a significant force in the battle against overweight and obesity.

Wild-harvested from the West African rain forests comes TalinÆ (thaumatin).